reasons for liberal reforms Flashcards
introduction
by the turn of the 20th century the ideas of laissez fair self help were changing and the government were beginning to help their people out of poverty.
loa
…. was an important reason for the introduction of social welfare reforms however the main reason for the introduction of liberal reforms was the reports of booth and rowntree
factors
other factors i include fears over national security, fears over national efficiency, political advantage and new liberalism
booth and rowntree intro
both charles booth and seebhom rowntree conducted surveys about poverty
booth and rowntree KU 1
two reports were published by booth in london showing 35% of people were in poverty and by rowntree in york showing that 30% were living in poverty.
booth and rowntree A 1
it can be argued that this had an impact as this shows that the problem was widespread and was not just in one city. poverty overall was much worse than the estimated 3%.
booth and rowntree KU 2
the reports showed that poverty was not self inflicted and the main causes were low pay illness age and unemployment.
booth and rowntree A 2
it can be argued that this showed that induvidual efforts would not be enough to get people out of poverty.
booth and rowntree e
over all this provided the government with hard facts that couldn’t be avoided. therefore the government were pressured to introduce reforms.
national security intro
the fears over national security pushed the gov to intro reforms.
national security KU
in the south african boer war 25% of the men who applied to fight were rejected due to poor health and fitness which led to fears that britain was in decline as a world power
national security A
it can be argued that the impact this had alarmed the public and government into doing something about it to improve the quality of britains men to protect the empire
national security e
in evaluation this was a very important factor as it was recommended that free school meals and medical inspections were applied and these were some of the first reforms introduced.
national efficiency intro
there were fears over national efficiency
national efficiency KU
in the 1900 britain was no longer the worlds strongest industrial power due to competition from germany who had introduced social reforms.
bational efficiency A
it can be argued that if the health and educational standards of british workers didn’t improve britains status as leading industrial power would be threatened. for britain to remain the strongest power it’s workers would have to be storing too.
national efficiency e
in evaluation national efficiency was an important point i. introduction of reforms as most reforms were aimed at those out of work rather than helping workers be more efficient.
political advantage intro
political advantage was also a factor in thi introduction of social welfare reforms
political advantage KU 1
the labour party gained public support campaigning about reforms as they were scared of loosing f votes
political advantage A 1
to counter the labour gov had to intro social reforms or they risked loosing working class votes
political advantage KU 2
there was a fear of socialism as the labour government introduced higher taxes to pay for widespread reforms
political advantage A 2
the liberals passed smaller reforms to avoid larger more costly labour reforms. the liberal reforms were put in place to avoid losing votes to the labours.
new liberalism intro
new liberalism was also a factor in the introduction of social reforms
new liberalism KU
old liberalism believed that poverty was a personal defect and that people should self help
new libera A 1
new livberals argued that state intervention was necessary to liberate people from social problems over which they had no control
new liberalism KU 2
municipal socialism in burmingham used local taxes to pay for things like water supply and street lighting.
new liberalism A 2
this showed the national government that political intervention was both possible and desirable
new liberalism e
in evaluat this was an important factor. multiple socialism had been a feature of local government long before the liberals introduced their reforms for example by the 1850s glasgow had control over the cities water supply.
